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Medical iPhone Apps we’d like to see in July

Medical iPhone apps were a keystone of the announcement of iPhone 2.0 this month. There are undoubtedly many medical applications currently under development. But I am not a radiologist, so the viewer is not so useful for me. And I don’t use EDGE because it is really expensive in Aus, so ePocrates is not so vital, either.

So if there are any developers out there listening, these are the medical iPhone apps we want to see:

1. A procedure audit tool

This could work for surgeons, anesthetists and procedural physicians. It should let us track procedures, trainee role, and patient details. It could track location of data entered so that we don’t have to log which hospital we are in.

2. An electronic patient list

This should let us track patient demographics, and admission details. It should have some facility to keep previous patients in the system. There should be a desktop client which can archive old admissions. The program should be password protected.

3. A patient photo lockbox

This should allow us to keep patient photos well-organised on our phone without having to clutter up our image library. We need to be able to take digital images of patient demographic details, but also progress photos of wounds, radiology images and path specimens. Prior to syncing with the computer, it should automatically tag the photos, so that they can be easily separated from personal photos. This program should be password protected.

4. A good medical calculator

This should contain dosing calculators for paediatric drugs (e.g. required dose, strength of syrup). It should also have a creatinine clearance calculation, Ranson’s/Glascow criteria for pancreatitis and liver function test interpretation algorithms.

I know there are a lot more calculators that people like, but these are the ones that I would use in my practice.

5. An investigation results tracker

This would let you log patients who have results that are pending. These should include radiology, pathology and anatomical pathology. Those with a 3G phone should be alerted when they arrive at a hospital where results are pending.

6. An article tracking program

I am often introduced to articles through presentations, or recommendations. These invariably end up as notes collected on scraps of paper. I would love a nice interface on my phone to drop those details onto, so that I can keep them in one place to look up or enter into Papers once I got home.

What medical programs are you itching to get on the iPhone? What is essential for your practice?

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